I wanted to let everyone know that I received confirmation from Sacramento that SB 848 was put on the inactive list for the remainder of this years legislative session and will be reintroduced next session in January.

(Marijuananews note: Jeff tells me that the bill’s sponsors decided that it had no chance of passing in its original form, and faced a likely veto by Governor Davis, so they decided not to push it in this session. Discretion is the better part of politics.)
See
California Governor Now Expected To Veto Vasconcellos’
Medical Marijuana Patient Registration Bill;
Committee Appropriates $1 Million For UC To Study Medical Marijuana.

I congratulate everyone involved with the Task Force in assisting this bill being put together to provide relief for patients from being arrested and harassed across California. I also would like to thank everyone who phoned Sacramento about the proposed amendments to 848.

We need to make it clear we are not going to let the legislature gut our Health and Safety Code just to strike a compromise with law enforcement, which in this case would have only put the Doctors who assist patients in safely using this medicine back on the front lines of this absurd war on medicinal cannabis.
See
Pending Amendments To Prop 215 Show the Danger Of Appeasing Narks
– Critique from The Orange County Register

Think Good Thoughts for those who are still suffering from the fallout of uneven enforcement of 11362.5